Key Insights

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There was a definite ‘buzz’, no doubt further stimulated by the proper spring weather for the day... My purpose in being there was to deliver two talks. One for the publisher, John Catt, of my forthcoming book with the working title of “Progressive, Productive and…

Perhaps you’ve been so focused, for so long, on pushing your students to get the grades to be accepted to university (any university), that you might not have the capacity to widen your careers provision…

Damian Hinds: as the dust settles, what can we expect from the new SoS?

A Westminster insight from Neil Carmichael, former MP for Stroud and previous Chair of the Education Select Committee. The recent reshuffle – dominating headlines for a few days – has now been and gone with little discernible impact on the direction of the Government. Indeed,…

Money for every extra pupil studying Maths at A-Level From 2019, each school will receive £600 for every extra pupil that studies maths at A-Level. To be clear, this is not money for each pupil taking maths. This is £600 per each extra pupil above…

Sean Harford, National Director for Education at Ofsted, is perhaps best known for his non-stop efforts dispelling myths about what schools need to do for inspection. He's often engaged in robust edu-debate on social media…

We could radically improve social mobility if we really listened to the working class

I want to question the injustice of the current prevailing view of social mobility, which is that the working class have somehow failed and they should become more like the middle class. That is, pass the required exams to go to university, get a degree or…